Reptile people?

[froggie71]

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He is gorgeous! Love his color. We toyed with the idea of breeding our cornsnake, especially since we've had someone ask us to, but not sure if we're ready for that.

 

[Lunar Ice]

I personally think that hatching reptiles is a heck of a lot easier than hatching birds! The problem is getting the little buggers to eat food (and not each other before you can get them out of the breeding box!)

 

[Galli_Nut]

We love reptiles! My son got his first snake at 5 yrs old

A 4wk old normal ball python. She's sweet and eats good. I have a three year old normal ball and two corns. One of the corns orange (not real sure of type) and a wild type grey one. Before the kids were born we had: an iguana, a nile monitor, a brazilian rainbow boa, a columbian red tail boa, a pair of cook's boas and a pair of flying geckos.

My goal is to get a blue eyed leucistic ball python

 

[Lunar Ice]

I can't say anything at all bad about ball pythons! I love them, great breed and excellent for people who like to handle their snakes a lot!

 

[halfwaynowhere]

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He's gorgeous! I love that coloring! How is his temperament? The creamsicles I've dealt with in the past have been more snippy than regular corns. I would think there would be some demand for his babies, if bred to the right female. Even if you just produced motleys or stripes (i think those are the same gene, right? its been awhile since i paid any attention to corn snake genetics, and its been a few days/nights without sleep) without the patternless effect, you'd still get some pretty babies.

 

[redfeather]

Not really reptiles... but I do have a trio of fire belly toads! They're so neat.

 

[Lunar Ice]

He's gorgeous! I love that coloring! How is his temperament? The creamsicles I've dealt with in the past have been more snippy than regular corns. I would think there would be some demand for his babies, if bred to the right female. Even if you just produced motleys or stripes (i think those are the same gene, right? its been awhile since i paid any attention to corn snake genetics, and its been a few days/nights without sleep) without the patternless effect, you'd still get some pretty babies.

His temperment is...tempermental. I bought this snake for my best friend (who currently lives with us, but was my roommate prior) and he is completely bound to her. She can hold him and pet him and he is VERY happy to lounge around her shoulders and neck.. if *I* touch him, though? He's wormy and has even struck at me a few times (along with anyone/anything else that bothers him or gets near her when he's out). Because we did not get this snake as a hatchling, I'm not entirely sure if he just wasn't handled a lot prior...or if he is just that "one person" kind of snake. Either way, I don't want to breed him with my albino black rat - she is a pretty snake, but I just don't think it would do them justice to mix like this.

I'm not really as educated about corn genetics either (I literally got thrown into reptile breeding completely by freak accident...when the petstore gave me a snake that had been sold to them neglected..and....unknowingly, pregnant).

If I were ever going to get another cream, though, I'd probably strive to find a nice, high-def striped creamsicle or put him with a pied bloodred. Can you imagine a bright orange pied? Mmm.​

 

[reptilepat]

I've kept many reptiles in the past (hence my username). I started off with a Leopard Gecko when i was 13 and from there my passion for reptiles grew. I had a Bearded Dragon, crested geckos, day geckos, a few leopard geckos that I bred, a few dwarf sand geckos (S. sthenodactylus), a rough scaled sand boa (which was a stubborn snake to feed), an Argentine black and white tegu, a savannah monitor, and my last reptile purchased was a Nile Monitor. As of the moment, I don't keep any reptiles because I got rid of everything when i went to college but now since I'm no longer going I might get back into keeping reptiles. Hopefully in the future when I make a little more money and space, I can get my hands on a pair of Nile Monitors and some Chinese Crocodile Lizards. But as for now, its all about keeping chickens and taking care of the dogs.

 

[blueeyeddemon]

It died last year and I want it back!!! "Hand me the paddles......1 2 3 Clear!! Again!! 1 2 3 Clear!!"

 

[danischi24]

Hmm, still dreaming of my Pied Ball Python but I'm hanging in there until there are more of them on the market here & my life is a bit more settled